NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gstreamer package, versions [,1.26.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GSTREAMER-11775512
  • published11 Aug 2025
  • disclosed7 Aug 2025
  • creditShaun Mirani

Introduced: 7 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-47808  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gstreamer to version 1.26.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the tmplayer_parse_line function when parsing a subtitle file. An attacker can cause a crash by providing a specially crafted subtitle file that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1